śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe bālakāṇḍam |
atha ekonapañcāśassargaḥ |
aphalastu tataśśakro devānagnipurogamān |
abravīttrastavadanassarṣissaṅghān sacāraṇān || 1 ||
kurvatā tapaso vighnaṃ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ |
krodhamutpādya hi mayā surakāryamidaṃ kṛtam || 2 ||
aphalo'smi kṛtastena krodhātsā ca nirākṛtā |
śāpamokṣeṇa mahatā tapo'syāpahṛtaṃ mayā || 3 ||
tasmātsuravarāssarve sarṣissaṅghāssacāraṇāḥ |
surasāhyakaraṃ sarve saphalaṃ kartumarhatha || 4 ||
śatakratorvacaśśrutvā devāssāgnipurogamāḥ |
pitṛdevānupetyāhu ssaha sarvairmarudgaṇaiḥ || 5 ||
ayaṃ meṣassavṛṣaṇaśśakro hyavṛṣaṇaḥ kṛtaḥ |
meṣasya vṛṣaṇau gṛhya śakrāyā'śu prayacchatha || 6 ||
aphalastu kṛto meṣaḥ parāṃ tuṣṭiṃ pradāsyati |
bhavatāṃ harṣaṇārthāya ye ca dāsyanti mānavāḥ || 7 ||
agnestu vacanaṃ śrutvā pitṛdevāssamāgatāḥ |
utpāṭya meṣavṛṣaṇau sahasrākṣe nyaveśayan || 8 ||
tadā prabhṛti kākutstha pitṛdevāssamāgatāḥ |
aphalān bhuñjate meṣān phalaisteṣāmayojayan || 9 ||
indrastu meṣavṛṣaṇastadāprabhṛti rāghava |
gautamasya prabhāvena tapasaśca mahātmanaḥ || 10 ||
tadāgaccha mahāteja āśramaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ |
tārayaināṃ mahābhāgāmahalyāṃ devarūpiṇīm || 11 ||
viśvāmitravacaśśrutvā rāghavassahalakṣmaṇaḥ |
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya tamāśramamathāviśat || 12 ||
dadarśa ca mahābhāgāṃ tapasā dyotitaprabhām |
lokairapi samāgamya durnirīkṣyāṃ surāsuraiḥ || 13 ||
prayatnānnirmitāṃ dhātrā divyāṃ māyāmayīmiva |
sa tuṣārāvṛtāṃ sābhrāṃ pūrṇacandraprabhāmiva || 14 ||
madhyeṃ'bhaso durādharṣāṃ dīptāṃ sūryaprabhāmiva |
sā hi gautamavākyena durnirīkṣyā babhūva ha || 15 ||
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ yāvadrāmasya darśanam |
śāpasyāntamupāgamya teṣāṃ darśanamāgatā || 16 ||
rāghavau tu tatastasyāḥ pādau jagṛhatustadā |
smarantī gautamavacaḥ pratijagrāha sā ca tau || 17 ||
pādyamarghyaṃ tathā''tithyaṃ cakāra susamāhitā |
pratijagrāha kākutstho vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || 18 ||
puṣpavṛṣṭirmahatyāsīddevadundubhinisvanaiḥ |
gandharvāpsarasāṃ caiva mahānāsītsamāgamaḥ || 19 ||
sādhu sādhviti devāstāmahalyāṃ samapūjayan |
tapobalaviśuddhāṅgī gautamasya vaśānugām || 20 ||
gautamo'pi mahātejā ahalyāsahitassukhī |
rāmaṃ sampūjya vidhivattapastepe mahātapāḥ || 21 ||
rāmo'pi paramāṃ pūjāṃ gautamasya mahāmuneḥ |
sakāśādvidhivatprāpya jagāma mithilāṃ tataḥ || 22 ||
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye bālakāṇḍe ekonapañcāśassargaḥ ||